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These are the works which our associate loved to investigate, and this the spirit in 

 which he contemplated them. Not less apposite were the Beatitudes that followed : 



Blessed are the meek; blessed are the peace-makers; blessed are the merciful; blessed 

 are the pure in heart. 



Those who knew him best, best know how well he exemplified them. 



Upon the conclusion of the address of Dr. Gray, Mr. F. W. Putnam offered the following 

 Eesolutions : 



"Hesolved, That in the death of Jeffries Wyman the Boston Society of Natural His- 

 tory mourns the loss of a most honored member and efficient officer; one who was untir- 

 ing in his labors for the Society during his long and active connection with it as Curator, 

 Secretary and President ; and that, in his death, Science has lost a most thorough and 

 careful investigator, and the cause of education and truth a most devoted and conscien- 

 tious disciple. 



"Resolved, That as members of a Society who gave to Professor Wyman the highest 

 honor and position we could bestow, we acknowledge our indebtedness to him for the 

 thoughtfumess and care with which he guided our labors for so many years, and, while 

 filled with sorrow at our own loss, we ask the privilege, by transmission of these resolu- 

 tions, of extending our sympathy to his bereaved family in their great trial." 



These resolutions were seconded by Dr. D. H. Storer, who said : 



Mr. President, I most cordially second the adoption of the resolutions which have been 

 presented. The scientific reputation of our departed friend was universally acknowledged, 

 but the beauty of his life was equally worthy of admiration. I never knew a gentler 

 purer, nobler spirit. As a brother I loved him, and I mourn him. 



The Resolutions were unanimously adopted. 



ben read : 



Newport, Oct. 6, 1874. 



The following letter from Prof. Rogers was then read : 



To PRESIDENT BOTJVE, 



My dear friend: I regret that it will not be in my power to attend the meeting of 

 the Natural History Society to-morrow evening, as I should greatly desire to unite with 

 you in an affectionate tribute to the memory of Prof. Wyman, whose long services as 

 President of the Society, and whose peculiar excellences as a student of nature must ever 

 claim our regard and admiration. 



From my first acquaintance with him, while engaged in the delicate microscopic dissec- 

 tions with which he illustrated the work of the late Dr. Amos Binney on Land-shells, until 

 within a few years past, I have had frequent opportunities of marking his scientific 

 progress ; and although but little acquainted with the inquiries to which he chiefly devoted 

 himself. I have understood enough of his labors to appreciate his singular patience and 

 accuracy as an observer, his ingenuity in devising experiments, and the caution and con- 

 scientiousness with which he was accustomed to report the results of his investigations. 



These qualities, early recognized by his scientific co-workers abroad as well as at home, 

 placed him in the front rank of the promoters of the biological sciences. To these intel- 



